The folks over at Bauer-Griffin shot photos of Obama scattering his grandma's ashes in the sea. Madelyn Dunham, whom Obama called "Toot," died just days before he was elected Prez.

From Elizabeth Taylor to Sophia Loren, there have been many faces of Cleopatra. But this might be the most realistic of them all. Egyptologist Sally Ann Ashton believes the compute regenerated 3D image is the best likeness of the legendary beauty famed for her ability to beguile.

The argument over what race Egyptian ruler Cleopatra actually was continues on the internet.   The end result is always the same.  Whites say she was White.  Blacks say she was Black.   What does she look like in the latest recreated image? 

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Our friends over at Barackawear grace the cover of BLACK ENTERPRISE'S January issue (in stores December 23rd)  as one of the young entrepreneurs of tomorrow!  Big ups to Brandon and Lorielle Broussard (far right)  and the other young, gifted, and Black tastemakers on the cover!    We were one of the first to blog about BARACKAWEAR about a year ago, and are glad to see them succeeed!!

Go HU & Spellman!!!

The fraud scandal involving Birmingham, Alabama Mayor Larry Langford has grown to entangle gay porn icon Ryan Idol.  Langford was arrested Monday on 101 counts of bribery, money laundering, conspiracy and fraud. As details of the charges against him have started to emerge, one fact has caught our attention: Langford apparently wrote checks to Ryan Idol, the Daily Voice is reporting.  Read More »

O.J. Simpson was sentenced to 15 years in prison today!   Although we think this is excessive, THE BLACKARAZZI team is glad the O.J. Simpson era is finally behind us.   Now we enter the Obama era.   I hope they have O.J. on suicide watch, and that Obama has no skeletons in his closet! 

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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The mayor of Alabama's largest city was arrested Monday on charges of steering millions of dollars of bond work to a friend in exchange for more than $230,000 in bribes to pay for an expensive wardrobe and flashy jewelry.

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In honor of World AIDS Day and AIDS Awareness Month, the makers of LifeStyles Condoms have handed over their boxes to today’s sexiest celebs.  LifeStyles has enlisted the help of A-listers like Ethan Hawke, Ashley Judd, Dita Von Teese, Dania Ramirez and others, to create personally designed condom boxes for the LifeStyles Celebrity Pop Art Auction.  Read More »